Writing this made me realize that the soccer World Cup is being held again this year. You’d think I’d realize sooner with how France is when it comes to soccer … Anyway, Uchuu Kyoudai has been around [...]
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Dreams change - promises don't
How can you sum up the experience of watching 99 episodes of a series like this one?
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It truly is the end of an era - at least for now.This is a bit of a historic moment for me as a blogger - I've never done a series review post on a show that's run for anything like two years [...]
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It seems fitting that Uchuu Kyoudai embraces an uncertain future with a look back to the past.The official Space Brothers Twitter account has confirmed that next week's episode - the 99th - will [...]
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What a sad couple of days it's been in the world of anime with aspirations towards realism.If I've learned anything over the years, it's that there's a Seinfeld reference for every situation in [...]
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I'm more confused than ever about what's happening with this series, but that was pleasant enough I suppose.Absent any announcement to the contrary I'm still assuming Uchuu Kyoudai is ending (for [...]
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It seems likely that the endgame - for now - has begun.There's still no announcement about the fate of this series, which seems odd given that barely a month from now it's going to give up its [...]
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Thank goodness for Eddie Jay.Interesting news this week - a new series (Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, so technically a new old series) will be taking over Uchuu Kyoudai's timeslot in April. [...]
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Thank goodness for Eddie Jay.Interesting news this week - a new series (Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, so technically a new old series) will be taking over Uchuu Kyoudai's timeslot in April. There's [...]
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I keep recycling the quote from Jerry Seinfeld, but nothing else feels so right for situations like this: it's so nice when it happens good...This was, for me, by far the best Space Brothers [...]
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This episode had more danger signs that the perimeter of Area 51.Let's dispense with last week's controversy over Hibito's test - it's a done deal (though I will say that if nothing else, it was [...]
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What do you know, we have another "good news, bad news" situation this week - but Uchuu Kyoudai has completely flipped them around this time.Sometimes it makes sense to start a post by referencing [...]
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For the second time in a day I'm forced to ask - do you want the good news or the bad news first?This was well on its way to being my favorite episode of Space Brothers in a long, long time - [...]
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After the week we've had, Uchuu Kyoudai has never seemed more out-of-place on the anime schedule.Thank goodness for carryovers? You bet - and while Uchuu Kyoudai may not be coming off its [...]
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That episode was a long time coming, and not because of the New Year's break.OP 8: "B.B." by The Yatou 2014 starts off on a very strong front for Uchuu Kyoudai, which is nice to see because [...]
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Shirokuma Cafe doesn't need to worry about its bad pun throne.Looks like next week could be a big one for Space Brothers, one of those watershed episodes the series builds up to every cour or so. [...]
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In returning to the surface, Uchuu Kyoudai comes back down to Earth a bit.There was some very interesting news today - Space Brothers will be getting a theatrical animated film next summer. It's [...]
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When Uchuu Kyoudai is good, it's very very good. And right now, it's good.There's an old saying - "Dance with the girl that brung ya". In other words, stop screwing around and stick with what [...]
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